Congress’s first candidates list for Telangana, Chhattisgarh, MP polls out

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 15, 2023: Congress on Sunday unveiled its first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana Assembly elections slated for next month, fielding big guns like Kamal Nath, Bhupesh Baghel and T S Singhdeo and four sitting MPs including A Revanth Reddy and Deepak Baij.

The party has chosen in its first list, which was released on the first day of Navaratri, 144 out of 230 candidates in Madhya Pradesh, 30 out of 90 in Chhattisgarh and 55 out of 119 in Telangana where four seats are likely to go to CPI(M) and CPI. List for Rajasthan and Mizoram are expected this week.

All the five sitting MLAs in Telangana are in the fray along with all the three sitting MPs – Revanth, N Uttam Kumar and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy. All state party chiefs Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), Revanth Reddy (Telangana) and Baij (Chhattisgarh) are in the list as well. In Madhya Pradesh, 69 are sitting MLAs while seven Congress lawmakers in 144 seats have been denied tickets.

Kamal Nath will fight from his home-turf Chhindwara while the Congress has fielded party MP Digvijaya Singh’s son Jaivardhan Singh from Raghogarh and brother Lakshman Singh from Chachoura in Guna. Leader of Opposition Dr Govind Singh has been fielded fielded from Lahar. Congress also chose Vikram Mastal, who played the role of Lord Hanuman in a TV serial, against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Former BJP MP Bodh Singh Bhagat, who switched sides, will fight from Katangi. Other prominent Congress leaders who found space in the first list were Ajay Singh (Churhat), Vijay Laxmi Sadho (Maheshwar) and Jitu Patwari (Rau).